I'll beat my fear of flying on a wing and a prayer...

AN AIR hostess who developed a fear of flying after a terrifying crash-landing is battling her phobia...

AN AIR hostess who developed a fear of flying after a terrifying crash-landing is battling her phobia... with a daredevil wing-walk.

Vickie Jones was a member of cabin crew on a British Airways jet which overshot the runway at Hanover, in Germany, in August.

The plane, carrying 45 passengers and four crew, eventually came to rest safely in a meadow 150 metres past the runway. The accident was blamed on heavy rain.

No-one was injured, but many on board were left traumatised, including Vickie. She was determined to put the incident behind her because she loves her job so much.

The former Lyndon School pupil, from Yardley Road, in South Yardley, will take to the skies tomorrow in an old fashioned bi-plane, and will not be pushing her usual trolley-full of duty-free goods.

Instead, she will be strapped to the outside of the aircraft in a harness for a death-defying series of stunts organised by fantasy flights company Aerosuperbatics.

Vickie, who landed her dream job as a British Airways CitiExpress hostess just a year ago, said: "I love my job, but the incident in Hanover did leave me with a fear of landings.

"I knew I had to conquer it if I was to continue to enjoy my job. I had read about wing-walks and looked them up on the internet and found a firm in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, which has now promised to take me up."

Vickie admits her colleagues at Birmingham International Airport, as well as parents Debbie and Trevor and 18-year-old sister Amy, all think she is mad.

She said: "I have never done anything like this before, but I am looking forward to the challenge.

"I am a bit nervous, but I reckon it will be absolutely brilliant and stay with me forever."